For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
(1 Timothy 4:4-5, NASB)
We’ve had some high winds over the last couple of days, and although I don’t like them at all, they’ve made the sky a crystal-clear blue. They’ve also given me a wonderful view of the snow-topped mountains standing majestically in the distance.
And then I read verses like these, and I’m reminded—yet again—that “everything created by God is good …” Even those things that may not be my favorites—like high wind—I can accept with gratitude.
This also ties in well with one of the best-known and oft-quoted verses in the New Testament: Romans 8:28. God really does work all things for good. All things.
I read a quote lately (I can’t recall where) that said something like, “God causes all things or allows all things.” We live in an ongoing and an escalating battle with the enemy, and our world becomes darker each day.
Yet even so, we can be confident that God is in control, and He will work through all circumstances. If we trust Him, if we know the promises in His word, if we pray to Him at all times, then we can live with the knowledge that all things created by Him will work out for our good.
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